Alexander Fernandez

Alexander Fernandez is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Religious Studies department at Florida International University. His research focuses on Afro-Diasporic spiritualities, particularly the sacred ecologies of Afro-Cuban religions. He employs autoethnography and embodied scholarship to explore ritual practices, gender epistemologies, and interfaith dynamics. His work bridges anthropology and religious studies with a focus on marginalized knowledge systems.

Expertise areas include Afro-Latinx spiritual cultural exchange, religious ecologies, and the study of spirit possession as agency. His interdisciplinary approach integrates fieldwork with artistic expression to document and analyze ritual commodities and sacred spaces.

Selected publications span topics from Afro-Cuban Orisha traditions to clinical studies on glucose metabolism, reflecting his multidisciplinary background. No formal awards or grants are listed in the provided materials.